Joe Kemp, New York Daily News:

Nine people suffered minor injuries when a Fire Department rig and a garbage truck collided in Queens Monday night, authorities said.

The Ladder 129 truck and the private garbage carter smashed into each other at Northern Blvd. and 150th St. in Flushing about 9:30 p.m., authorities said.

 

 

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FDNY Ladder 129 was responding first due to a dwelling fire. While responding, they were involved in a violent crash on Northern Blvd with another vehicle (reported to be a garbage truck) in an intersection. Several members were trapped and had to be extricated. Members received a range of yellow and green injuries-from serious injured (fractures) to not so serious.

We have confirmed that the Officer and Chauffeur (driver) of the apparatus were wearing their seat belts and the wearing of those seat belts, by all indications (see photos of the crash on our home page) probably saved their lives-as they were the most seriously injured.

Site of somke as per police smoke coming from Butterhof's wood stove. 1600 advised all equipment to stay in station.

HAMILTON TWP. - A fire tore through a Hamilton Twp. home Wednesday morning, causing a total loss to the house and displacing the couple who lived there as well as their pets, officials say.

According to Hamilton Twp. firefighters, the blaze broke out around 10:30 Wednesday morning on the 5900 block of Estelle Ave. in the Mizpah section of the township, severely damaging the top floor of the two story home where the fire is believed to have started.

The fire reached two alarms with a total of four companies responding. Smoke was visible from miles away. It took firefighters roughly 20 minutes to get the fire under control.

The couple who own the home were not inside when the fire broke out. The residents also owned seven cats which were still being accounted for around noon Wednesday.

Call Recording

This is a VOX recording. It is condensed and not in real time.

Stood by at Station 18-3 during a Structure fire in Mizpha. No other calls while on cover-up assignment.

Posted: Dec 11, 2012 12:55 PM ESTUpdated: Dec 11, 2012 7:32 PM EST

The cause of a fire that began in the garage of a home on Morningside Drive about noon Saturday is under investigation in Hamilton Township.